Scrivener (.scriv) → Plain text (.txt)
Pro Rescuing a script out of Scrivener project (.scriv) is the Pro part — from there it converts to Plain text (.txt) and every other format on the site. The button below opens the converter with the output format already selected, and the server checks your plan when the file is dropped in.
Run this conversion
Convert Scrivener (.scriv) → Plain text (.txt)
Opens the homepage converter with Plain text already selected as the output — drop your file, press Convert Script.
What survives this conversion
- the full manuscript in binder order across every document in the project
- fountain, plain-text and RTF documents inside the package
What can be lost
- no emphasis, notes, sections, synopses or dual dialogue
- formatting is convention (uppercase cues, indentation) rather than markup
Every conversion includes an honest report listing anything that could not translate — you see it before downloading.
How this pair works
Your Scrivener project file is parsed into a canonical screenplay model (by verified content, not just the file extension), then rendered as Plain text. Plain text background: Plain-text screenplays predate every screenwriting app — typed layouts on fixed-width printers are the format’s ancestors. There was never a version 1.0: it is a convention, not a specification.